MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 127 SFC 968 405 21.2 17.8 81 3.4 18.9 140 7 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.7 13.36 2 950 569 19.5 17.0 86 2.5 17.8 138 9 297.0 299.3 292.9 334.5 12.98 3 900 1033 16.6 14.9 90 1.6 15.5 106 8 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.4 11.95 4 850 1519 14.3 12.7 90 1.5 13.3 76 9 301.1 303.1 292.6 333.3 10.93 5 800 2032 13.5 9.4 76 4.1 11.0 31 8 305.6 307.3 292.7 333.6 9.32 6 750 2575 12.8 3.2 52 9.7 7.3 330 15 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.4 6.41 7 700 3152 9.8 1.4 56 8.4 5.2 314 21 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.4 6.07 8 650 3764 5.9 -1.3 60 7.2 2.1 316 20 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.7 5.37 9 600 4415 2.4 -6.5 52 8.9 -1.8 321 18 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.7 3.93 10 550 5113 -1.9 -7.1 68 5.2 -4.3 320 23 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.3 4.09 11 500 5865 -6.3 -10.1 75 3.7 -7.9 312 36 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.3 3.56 12 450 6683 -11.2 -14.0 80 2.8 -12.3 302 42 329.2 329.7 294.1 339.0 2.88 13 400 7577 -17.0 -22.0 65 5.0 -18.5 297 43 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.7 1.64 14 350 8566 -23.3 -27.0 72 3.7 -24.2 299 49 337.3 337.6 294.7 341.7 1.20 15 300 9674 -32.2 -39.1 50 6.9 -33.1 295 57 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.7 0.43 16 250 10932 -42.1 -53.5 28 11.4 -42.8 301 61 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.10 17 200 12411 -50.9 -71.0 8 20.0 -51.4 310 65 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14230 -62.8 -77.7 12 14.9 -62.9 314 57 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.0 -82.2 15 12.2 -70.1 310 27 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.79 m Freezing level: 571.74 mb = 4809.48 m = 15778.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.88 mb = 4110.49 m = 13485.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.48 mb = 830.76 m = 2725.55 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1429.68 m = 4690.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.10 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5923.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.05 mb = 1127.64 m = 3699.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -42.8 tot: -35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 98.46 m/s